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KONTAKT - 9,1 GB
CinePiano is the modern follow-up to our popular Piano in Blue library. A Concert Grand Piano sampled by hand at the MGM Scoring Stage at Sony Pictures Studios in Los Angeles, we applied the same recording and sampling techniques and many of the same microphones from Piano in Blue. With four distinct sonic characters, CinePiano will be your most versatile piano library.

How do we follow an act like Piano In Blue? We record a stunning 9' grand piano at the MGM Scoring Stage at Sony Pictures Studios in Los Angeles. Our goal was to record a detailed piano library at the same scoring stage as our flagship CineSymphony libraries for seamless integration and to provide four distinct characters of the piano through a variety of microphone and mixing techniques.

Tim Starnes on the recording process:
"The recording for Piano In Blue worked so well, I returned to the vintage Neumann M49 microphone pair and its position that I used on PIB. The M49s were powered by a pair of Neve 1073 pre amps to imitate the Neve 8078 console that recorded PIB. Also as on PIB, I placed a pair of small capsule condenser microphones near the tail of the piano. In addition to the standard room array, Adam placed several other close microphone pairs to provide options for other characters. The four unique characters are derived from these various microphones and the mixing process that followed."

4 UNIQUE CHARACTERS
CinePiano
This is a standard representation of the grand piano on the scoring stage employing the M49s and the room array. The separate close, room, and surround microphone mixes are available on this patch.

Classical
The Classical mix is a slightly more distant mix employing a different combination of microphones and designed for concert realism. It is a very specific mix and thus the only available mix in this patch.

Cinematic
The Cinematic mix is a very intimate and muted sound, perfect for cinematic textures. This mix is made from a completely unique set of microphones and mixing techniques. It is a very specific mix and thus the only available mix in this patch.

Rock Studio Grand
The Rock Studio Grand relies more heavily on mixing techniques to achieve a brighter, punchy, edgy sound with a slight distortion on the attacks to cut through a heavy mix. It is a very specific mix and thus the only available mix in this patch.

FEATURES
The Perspective Fader
CinePiano, like CineHarps, includes a new Perspective Mode feature that allows for changes through microphone positions. When you activate Perspective Mode, a slider appears that gives a smooth crossfade between the microphone perspectives. The slider is automatically mapped to the Mod Wheel, giving instant control of the relative depth of CinePiano.

Pedal Behavior - Repedalling
We added a new feature called Pedal Behavior to CinePiano. When you play a note on a real grand piano with the sustain pedal down, quickly releasing and depressing the sustain pedal does not allow the dampers enough time to stop the strings from vibrating completely. CinePiano effectively models this behavior for a much more lifelike performance.

Character
The Character knob acts as a macro knob, controlling multiple parameters at once. This can be used to change the play style from intimate to aggressive and everything in-between. When set to intimate, the velocities are biased towards the lower dynamics, with a low dynamic range (see Dynamic Range Knob below).

Soundboard
The Soundboard feature emulates the sympathetic resonances of the soundboard and other strings. This effect is only active when the sustain pedal is down and can be turned off by pressing the power button.

Enable fff layer
The Enable fff Layer button enables and disables the highest recorded dynamic.

Dynamic Range
The Dynamic Range knob acts a bit like a MIDI-controlled compressor. This knob doesn't impact the velocities, but instead changes the actual volume of each note. A low value reduces the volume difference between the softest and loudest dynamics, and a high value increases the difference.

Round Robin Borrowing
The RR Borrowing knob employs surrounding notes as additional round robins. A value of 6 results in up to +/- a tritone of borrowing providing up to an additional 12 round robins per note. A value of zero only plays one round robin per dynamic level. Higher values result in more round robins and more tonal variation. The default value is 0.

Velocity Curve
The Velocity Curve control can be used to dial in exactly the dynamic you are looking for. Bias Forte makes it easier to play louder dynamics, and Bias Piano makes it easier to play soft dynamics. Linear allows the velocities to pass through unaffected. The Velocity Curve control can also be used to compensate for a MIDI keyboard with an undesirably hard or soft action. You can custom-draw a velocity curve by clicking and dragging with the mouse.

Release and Pedal Volume
These two faders control the volume of the release samples and pedal up/down volume, respectively.
Requires Kontakt version 5.6.8 or higher


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  Resident 13.08.2012 2 535
+109
wow again cinesamples ! thank u
  Member 2.02.2019 26
+3
Thanks Talula!
You have me waiting for CineStrings 1.3 and CineWinds!
  Member 4.08.2015 38 623
+1966
I've been waiting for this one! thank you! wonder how it compares to the mega-sized Garritan CFX
  Resident 25.01.2012 3298
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We should have a poll of our top ten shared grand pianos here. So many to choose from.
  Banned 26.01.2019 15 1319
+1330
From a great height, this urinates over Light And Sound Concert Grand!
But then, most pianos do.
I wouldn't say there are ten to fill your top ten poll, though.
By that I mean that I'd say there are less than ten that are the absolute best, imo.
The Clavichord is from the Late Middle Ages. It's not a Clavinet.
  guest -- 0
0
Im sure there was one a few years ago over here
https://audiosex.pro/
but even so it would need to be updated every week now
  Moderator 21.01.2012 2376 16094
+158911
That's what I though too
  Member 4.08.2015 38 623
+1966
To answer my own question, I'd have to say that Garritan CFX sounds better. Cinepiano doesn't sound bad, but it can quite 'springy' at high velocities, almost like a harpsichord. The default sound right out of Garritan sounds just right like it needs no EQ and is immediately inspiring. The different presets are all so widely flexible that I can't think of anyhing it can't do. It's definitely the best piano vst I've encountered yet
  Resident 30.12.2017 1 1735
+794
Thank you. I wondered when or if we would see this here.

You have really delivered a lot here lately Talula.
  Member 4.08.2015 38 623
+1966
At this point, Spitfire is the only big-name that hasn't been Talula'd (which should be coined xD)
  Member 14.02.2019 8
0
Well, this is it! This is the last upload for the entire cinesamples orchestra libraries to be uploaded to the internet, and the collection is complete. With this, the cineharpsichord and cinebrass 1.7 being available in the last week, I am truly grateful because I would never be able to afford these. I always joke that the company is not losing out on anything by me pirating cause I would never be able to buy them anyways, which is the case, so to actually be able to use and create with such high quality tools, I am truly grateful. Thank you very much for sharing. This is really cool. These will definitely not go to waste sitting on a hard drive, cause I am going to master and use the fucking shit out of them! Thanks!!!!
  Resident 12.03.2014 637
+339
If one day you manage to make some nice money with a particular product, promise yourself you will then buy that app OR that sample library 10 TIMES :)... and the Gods will forgive you ;)


You made a nice track, you used 2 sample libraries to make it, you made some cool money with it ? Go to their website, buy those 2 sample packs, and buy 5-10 other products.

Karma never lies. Give. One day you will receive :)

Ps. If you sell a song where you used a waves plug-in from the mercury bundle?
Don't worry, you won't have to buy 10 times the $7'000 mercury bundle, for the karma thing. .. 10 times ONE single plug-in should be enough ;)
  Member 16.12.2018 28
+6
I know this may sound like the silliest joke, but I have not felt the urge to have other pianos after Alicia's keys! It sounds so neutral (in a very good way) that it can fit well in most situations. But Thanks for the release!
  Member 9.03.2015 1 124
+59
I also found my dream piano sound long time ago and have no intention of replacing it. That is so great about this place: Having a vast amount of options to try!
  Resident 25.07.2014 151
+20
Alicia's Keys is my main piano, also!
  Member 6.05.2014 318
+24
Thanks again Talula! you have me waiting for Cinesymphony lite (nice compact sketchpad)
  Member 25.08.2017 90
+17
thanks!
illegal downloading and home taping is ruining the major music industry... keep up the good work!
  Resident 7.10.2011 798
+203
MGM studios, Neumann mics, Neve pre-amps.... but no mention of the piano? Just a 9' Grand. A Steinway? Bechstein? Yamaha? Kentucky Fried Grand?
We can't dance, we don't talk much, we just ball and play, then we move like tigers on vaseline
  Resident 16.03.2014 1567
+475
I was wondering the very same thing: Not a big deal but just curious...
  Member 27.12.2016 2 24
+53
I read somewhere that it's a Steinway D built in 2000-2010
  Member 27.06.2018 4
0
anyone know how to add this library in MAC OS? Still having the problem of adding library not functioning on Kontakt 5.6.8
  Member 18.06.2023 2
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Is there any 1.0.1 ?

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